Manicuring light



Sept. 4, 1928.

C. L. MCMURDIE MANICURING LIGHT Filed Nov. 1v, 1927 n. Vid? v 1N V EN TOR, 1 Charles ..llc Hurdle ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. ll,

UNTE@ CHARLES L. MCMRDIE, OF'FERNDALE, MCHIGAN.

MANIGURING LIGH'L.V

Application filed November My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a manicuring light, and particularly a device upon which the fingers of the person to be manicured may be positioned, so that a light may be directed against the finger to clearly outline the nail thereof.

It is an object of the present. invention to provide an apparatus whereby the outline of the nail may be clearly defined and to facilitate the manicurist in the manicuring operation.

lt is another object of the invention to provide a movable supporting member for engagement. with the fingers, so arranged that when the finger is placed thereon and the supporting member' moved a predetermined distance in one direction a light may be lit for directing rays of light against the finger.

ther objects consists in thedetail of structure and the method of operation of the device, as herein described.

The invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. y

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which i Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofthe invention.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. l is a sectional view taken on line i-4 of Fig. 2.

in the drawings l have illustrated the invention as comprising. a housing divided into a lower section 9 and an upper section 10, these sections being suitably connected together, the lower section 9 having bosses l1 on the base thereof, preferably made from rubber or other suitable non-abrasive material, so that a marring of the desir upon which the device may be positioned will be prevented.

Extend' which is provided with a suitable plug for plugging into a wall socket or the like. rEhe wires 13 and 14 in the cable pass around the coil 15 and then connect to the contacts 16 and 17 which are carried by the arm 18 .l on the block 19 supported on the 1,0 er 'upper ng into the housing is a cable 12V 17, 1927. Serial No. 233,832.V

arm 21 is also mounted on the cover 26 and provided with an insulating block 22 carrying a contactI plate .i3 so arranged that when the arm 21 is flexed downwardly it will` en 60 the contacts 16 and 17,.and close the circuit between thev same. Projecting upf .i

'20, and projecting therethrough,.concentricallyof the sleeve 26, is a tubular support 27, through which extends a lrod 28 suitably connected to the source of electrical energy through the transformer. Mounted on the upper end of the sleeve 26 is a reflector 29 having a neck 30 which serves as a socket in which to screw the light bulb 31, the upper end of the rod 28.7having a head 32 adapted to engage the end of the lightvbulb neck, and

normally held insuch positionl by means of the coil spring 33 which engages in the recess 34: formed in the supporting member'27. Positioned about rthe sleeve 26 in embracing relation is the tube 35 having at its lower end the peripheral flange 36 and provided at its upperV end with a concave finger rest 37.

The construction is such that when the fin' ger is placed upon the finger rest 37 it will press the sleeve 35 downwardly .so as to bring the contact plate 23 into engagement with the'contacts 16 and 17 the liange 36 engaging the cover 2O of the upper section 10. This closing of the circuit will light the light bulb 31. which will. cause the' lightto shine against and through the finger so as to clearly loutline the nail,the flngerrest 37 being such that the Vnail.` is positioned over the light and in the path of the rays as they are transmitted by the reflector 29.

A. device constructed and operated as shown is one which may be easily and quickly operated, and which is durable in use, and free from any danger which might result tothe one bein g manicured.

While I have illustrated and ydescribed the preferred form of my invention, l do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myselfv of such variations and modifications as come opel of the ap ended cla' ns.,

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I claim us new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A manicure light of the class described,

comprising: a supporting member; illuminating means for outlining the linger nail of a. linger on said supporting member; and control means for controlling said illuminating means operable lupon the pressure of a finger on said supporting member.

Y 2. A device' of the class described, coinprising a housing; a supporting member projecting upwardly from and movable relatively to sli-id housing, said supporting member having an opening formedtheiein; and illuminating means for directing rays of light through said opening'.

3; A device of the class described, comprlsing a housing; a support-ing member projecting from said housing; illuminating means for illuminating an opening in said supporting member; and a switch normally springheld in open position for controlling 4said illuminating inean's, said switch being in spaced relation to said housing;

movable by said supporting member Vtov 'closed position upon positioningthereon of a Weight of predetermined amount.

4. A manicure light of the class described, comprising: a housing; a'tubular member p'rojeetingupwardly from` said housing; a reflector mounted on the upper end of said tubular member; a light bulb in -said reflector; an electrical circuit connecting said light bulb to a. suitable source of electrical lenergy; a switch for making and breaking said circuit, said switch being vspringheld in open position; a tube 'embracing said lirst mentioned tube and slidable thereon, axially thereof; yieldable means projecting through said housing for normally retaining the lower end of said second-mentioned tube and a linger support mounted 'on the upper end of said second-mentioned tube and havin@P an opening formed therein, registering with said light bulb; kthe circuit to said light bulb being closed upon movement of said se'condementioned tube into approach toward said housing.

. 5. A device of the 'class described, comprising: av housing; a tubular supporting member projecting upwardly from said housing and having its bore enlarged at its upper end; a coil spring positioned in the enlarged portion yof said bore; a rod projected through said bore and through said coil spring; a tube projecting upwardl'j from said housing, concentrically to said supporting member, and spaced therefrom; a reflector mounted on said tube; a light bulb mounted in said reflector and engaging the end of said rod; an electric circuitk connected to said light bulb through said rod and through said reflector; an outer tube positioned on said first-mentioned tube in concentric relation and slidable axially thereof; and a supporting member on the upper end of said tube having an opening formed 'therein in alignment with said light bulb. y

6. A device of the class described, comprising: a housing; a tubular supporting member projecting upwardly from said housing and having its bore enlarfred at its vupper end; a coil spring positioned in the enlarged portion of said bore; `a rod projected through said bore and through 4said coil spring; a. tube projecting upwardly from said housing', concentrically to vsaid supporting member, and spaced therefrom; a reflector mounted on said tube; a light bulb mounted in said reflector and engaging the end of said rod; an electric circuit connected to said light bulb through vsaid rod and through said reflector; an outer y'tube positione'd on 'said first-mentioned tube in concentric relation and slidably 'axially thereof; a supporting member on the upper end of said tube having an opening formed therein in alignment withsaid light bulb; a switch for making and breaking the circuit to said light bulb; and Lvieldable means projecting vupwardly from said housing for engaging and normally retaining said outer tube 1n 'spaced relation at its lower end to said housing, said switch being moved to closed position upon movement of said outer Vtube at its lower end into engagement with said housing. v Y

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

CHARLES L. MCMURDIE. 

